crying shame

"Often when you go to studios you see wood being thrown into skips, which often gets burnt, which is a crying shame."

“It’s a crying shame, literally, what’s happening to those families, those children in that community,” Harris said.

Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday called former President Trump’s false claims that Haitian immigrants in Ohio are stealing and eating pets “a crying shame” and sharply criticized her opponent for “spewing lies that are grounded in tropes that are age-old.”

“Upset because you found the Msaidizi? A crying shame. Hopefully the Guardians catch him soon.”

The Fawcett Society, an equal-rights charity, said it was "a crying shame" that women, and particularly women of colour, were still vastly under-represented by public sculptures.